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In Congressional Art Competition
Chattooga High School sophomore Joe Marbutt has
entered an original mixed-media painting, ‘“‘Triste of the
Valkyries,” in the Seventh District Arts Competition.
The young artist often chooses mythology or the super
natural as subject matter for his art projects. He is cur
rently studying art at CHS under the direction of John
Turner. Above, Marbutt sketches from a live model dur
ing art class. (Staff photo by Kay Abbott).
State Mails 930 Jobless Checks
To Chattoogans In March
Georgia Commissioner of
Labor Joe Tanner said this
week the State Department of
Labor wrote more unemgloy
ment insurance checks to Chat
tooga County residents in
MarAch than i? 9l"aez)bruary.
total o unemnloy ~
ment benefit checks were mail
ed to Chattoogans in March for
$94,929. A total of 789 checks
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injuries in a two-car crash Friday just one
hour after his wife had been involved in
a more serious accident on Old 27 near
Trion. Trion Police said James Ezell, 72,
of LaFayette, was struck by a car driven
by Mattie Williams, 51, of Summerville,
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residents in February for
$82,317.
The figures for March, 1986
are down considerably from the
same month last year. In
March, 1985 a total of 1,843
jobless checks were mailed to
from state and federal sources
totaling $190,393. ;
During the reference week
Series Of Accidents
Students Compete For Chance
At Art Display In Washington
By KAY ABBOTT
g Staff Writer
Two local art students have
entered 'Saintings in the
Seventh District Arts Com
petition sponsored lg' Con-
Eressman George ‘‘Buddy”
arden. '
CindK Stinson of Trion
Hiéh School, and Joe Marbutt
of Chattooga High School, are
among 27 entrants whose work
will %e considered in the
comlpetition.
he winning work will be
announced during a reception
for the young artists this
Saturday, Agril 19, at the
Marietta/Cobb Fine Arts
Center. It will be exhibited in
a corridor of the United States
Capitol complex in
Washington for one year.
The 27 entries have been on
display at the Marietta/Cobb
Fine Arts Center since the
competition closed March 28.
The winner will be selected by
a panel of four people, led by
Marietta attorney Fred
Bentley.
“I have been very impress
ed by the quality of the en
tries,”” Congressman Darden
stated. ‘‘Certainly, the high
schools of this area are produc
ing some outstanding young
artists.” :
of March 15, a total of 166
claims were handled from
Chattooga County residents,
including 20 in construction, 29
in textiles, 24 in apparel and 19
in electronic manufacturing.
: Stat,ewidf, the DOL wrote
ewer unemployment insurance
checks in fi arch, 1986, than in
March, 1985, but more than in
February, 1986.
Last month, March, State
car wreck on Old 27. The Georgia State
Patrol said a Buick LeSabre, below,
driven by Victor Shropshire, 27, was
backing out of a private drive when he
struck a Chevrolet Malibu, below right,
driven by Martha Warren, 59, of Summer
ville. The Warren vehicle was pushed in
to the Eath of Mrs. Ezell's vehicle, strik
ing it head-on.
The Seventh District Arts
Comfi:tition was made possi
ble through a contribution by
Post Properties, Inc. and its
president, John Williams.
Cindy Stinson's painting,
“Gone, But Not Forgotten,”
explores the Trion senior’s feel
ings about the Challenger
space shuttle explosion.
“1 have strong feelings
about the tragedy,” she stated.
“It was something that need
ed to be said.”
The oil painting depicts the
Challenger in flight, with hazy
fading images of the seven
crew members superimposed
on the sky.
“My art teacher, Mrs.
Local Firms Participate
In Community Challenge
Riegel Textiles and Silver
bird Stages will have two of 30
teams flexing their muscles in
Breparation this week for the
ommunity Challenge 'B6 set
for Saturday.
The fifth annual competi
tion, sg«i‘msored by Redmond
Park Hospital's Wellness
Center, pits teams from
business and industry against
DOL issued 174,691 regular
unemployment = insurance
checks valued at $18,143,636,
Commissioner Tanner ' said.
That was an incmaeplo from
173,392 reahr unemployment
insurance benefit checks total
ing $17,817,726 in February,
1986. -
In March, 1985, a total of
195,193 benefit checks wtahnfi
$19,465,199, includin? bot.
regular and Federa Sgg
plemental Compensation (FSC)
checks, was written to jobless
Georgians, Commissioner Tan
ner said. FSC was phased out
later in 1985 by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Currently, the maximum
weekly benefit amount an
unemployed Georgian can
draw is $135 for g(; weeks;
however, the weekly benefit
amount will increase to $145 on
Jul{‘el.
gular unemployment in
surance benefits are paid from
the State Trust Fund, valued
at $568,419,373 as of April 9,
Commissioner Tanner said.
Husband, Wife Involved
In Separate Crashes
A LaFayette man was in
volved in a traffic accident in
Trion about one hour after his
wife was injured in a separate
accident also near Trion.
Trion Police said James
Ezell, 72, of a LaFayette ad
dress was travelingo south
bound on 4th Street about 3:15
g.m. Friday, when a car driven
y Mattie Williams, 51, of
Summerville, plowed into him.
According to reports, the
Williams woman was east on
Emory Street when she said
her foot slipped off the brake,
causing her to pull into the
southbound lane of 4th Street,
past the Emory Street intersec
tion, striking the Ezell vehicle.
Both drivers complained of
slight injuries but refused
transport to the hospital. No
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Hyden, has been a great help
to me,” she stated.
Miss Stinson has been pain
ting in oils for three years and
grew interested in fine art by
observing local artist Larry
Barnes, who later gave her
lessons.
Her pm’ntings deal mostly
with nature an landscafies.
The 17-year-old artist oges
to make painting a career. She
plans to attend the Art In
stitute of Atlanta next fall. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Stinson of Trion.
An interest in mythology is
the basis for the mixed media
Vinting, “Triste of the
Valkyries,” entered by Joe
Marbutt of Chattooga High
each other in a series of 10
like events designed
0 promote fun and fitness. The
mpetition will begin Satur
glny at 10 a.m. at the Armuchee
igh stadium. Sgt:tators are
invited to attend free of charge.
iewOf those 30 teams, 10 are
new participants, according to
urke, including Home Federal
Savings and Loan (two teams),
Arrow Company, Informa
n Resources, C & S Bank,
orthwest Georgia Credit
Union, Jason Free realty and
uction Comrany. the Jnited
3 Board of Trustees, Coosa
ca' Home Health Agency
and Georgia Kraft Company.
All groceeds from the event
go to the United Way of Rome
and Floyd Countx. To show
their support, individuals on
the United Way's Board of
Trustees are footing the bill to
put their own team in the
comé)etition.
o—chairinf the event this
year are Claud Saunders, Trust
Comrnny Bank, and Jim
. Treglown, Riegel Textiles
“The defendinfi“chnn&ions
from last year, the ysi
cians/Bio-Tech Team, will be
back as will both the second
and third place teams, Floyd
Medical Center and Schroder’s
" Deli.
Other teams from Rome
that have entered are: Trust
Company Bank, Bekaert Steel
Wire (two teams,), TriKon Inc.,
General Electric, National Ci
ty Bank (two), Georgia Power
(gc’)mpany (two), Pharr Yarns of
Georgia, Rome Bar Associa
tion, Coke/Wellness Center
team and West Point
Pepperell.
“We're very excited to have
a record number of par
ticipants entered in this gear's
Community Challenge,”” Burke
see CHALLENGE, page 7-B
chars: were filed.
About an hour earlier, the
Gmia State Patrol said
H Ezell, the wife of the vic
tim in the second crash, was in
jured in a three-car wreck on
Old 27 above Harris Grocery.
The GSP said a car driven
by Victor E. Shropshire, 27, of
Summerville, was Sulling out
of a driveway onto Old 27 when
he struck a car driven by Mar
tha Warren, 59, of Summer
ville, which struck Mrs. Ezell's
car head on.
Mrs. Ezell, 69, of
LaFayette, and Mrs. Warren
sustained moderate injuries in
the crash. :
The GSP said Shropshire
was charged with failure to
yield right of way and driving
with a suspended license.
School.
After years of casual scrib
bling, the student has adopted
a more serious approach to his
creative efforts.
“I've been interested in art
for the last three fi';ars," Mar
butt stated. ‘I like to work
mostly in pencil drawings. M}\;
work Fenerally deals wit
mythology and the super
natural.”
The painting draws from
the Norse myth of the
Valkyries, maitf‘;ns of Odin
who escort the souls of heroes
slain in hattle to Valhalla. Mar
butt described his painting,
which depicts swirling,
catagll{smic activity.
“The world is explod.ingblike
it is the end of time,”” Marbutt
expllgx;lms}.xe ;I‘gl;e fsilx figures
around t. of the painti
are the Valkyries. The “tristgg
is their sorrow that the war
riors who are preparing for bat
tle won't be strong enough to
prevent the end. A serpent is
shown behind mountains and
trees in the background.”
The 15-year-old CHS
sophomore is not sure if he will
pursue a career in art, but will
continue to study under
teacher John Turner gurmg his
high school years.
““Mr. Turner has helped me
a lot on this project,” he stated.
Marbutt is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Marbutt of
Lyerly.
Governor Names Rogers
To Top School Position
Associate State School
Superintendent Dr. Werner
Rogers was picked Friday by
Governor Joe Frank Harris to
succeed the late Dr. Charles
McDaniel as State School
Superintendent.
McDaniel died March 7,
and Harris is required by law
to name an appointee to com
lete the unexpired portion of
gflcDaniel‘s term. :
Rogers, 44, has served as
Associate State School
Sugerintendent for Planning
and Development since 1982.
He has been employed by the
Georgia Department of Educa
tion since 1979, having
previouslf' served as Communi
ty School Director and Person
nel Director for the Clarke
County Schools. A native of
Greenville, S. C., Rogers hold a
bachelor’s degree in social
science from California State
University, Long Beach and
master's and doctoral degrees
in educational administration
from the University of
Georgia. His first public school
experience came as a classroom
teacher in Los Angeles. He and
his wife, Judith, have three
dau%ht.ers and are members of
St. James United Methodist
Church in Atlanta.
Crackdown On Uninsured
Drivers Started By GSP
New administrative &ro
cedures are being undertaken
by the Georgia State Patrol to
further tighten enforcement on
the state's uninsured motorists
law, according to announce
ment by Georgia Public Safe
-3 Commissioner Colonel Hugh
ardison.
Later this month motorists
who have their vehicle in
surance cancelled for non
e 3%
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Painting In Seventh District Contest
Trion senior Cindy Stinson has entered an original oil
;l))ainting, “Gone, But Not Forgotten,” in the Seventh
istrict Arts Comßetition sponsored by Congressman’
George “Buddy’’ Darden. Although the space shuttle
Challenger tragedy is the topic of her painting, her usual
subjects deal with nature. She is involved in the art
classes taught by Mrs. Camilla Hyden at THS. Above,
Miss Stinson is at work on a new oil painting of a space
shuttle. (Staff photo by Kay Abbott).
“The :g‘pointment of the
Statefstfil; Superin tendeg:;s
one o most important deci
zions I will be WA% make
uring my entire inistra
tion,” wg Harris. “There is no
position which more directly
T
— who ' ture of
our state — than the State
School Superintendent. Thus,
the appointment process has
been conducted with the
greatest of care, consideration |
and deliberation. |
“In his position as
Associate State School
Superinbendent, Werner was
intimately involved in the
research for and drafting of the
Quality Basic Education Act,
and he is currently serving as
the lead staffer for the Career
Ladder Task Force, a keg com
ponent of QBE,"” said Harris.
‘Many other significant garts
of cl:.his educ‘:;tion reform
pa — including testin,
and eavfiuat.ion standards, stafi
and leadership development —
bear his personal stamp, and I
am convinced of his unwaver
ing commitment to its goals
and standards.
‘‘His inl ity, experience
and, above‘:fi.nlove for public
education are unquestionable,
payment of ?remiums or ac
cumulation of traffic penalties
will face immediate suspension
of driver's licenses and auto
tags as the state patrol mails
out suspension notices.
Colonel Hardison said
representatives of the Depart
ment of Public Safety met
recently with insurance com
pany representatives and
wor{ed out a new plan to pro
cess cancellations. At present,
insurance companies are sen
ding out informational
brochures advising of the
penalties if insurance is cancell
ed and what steps are
necessary for reinstatement.
The Department of Public
Safety is now processing some
four to eight thousand cancella
tion nofl:s each week with
wnminge tters to motorists
that they must advise the
Department of Public Safety if
they are chan insurance
companies, , trading or
scrapping a vehicle; if the vehi
cle iugoing out of service or if
the motorist is moving out of
state.
A person who faces a first
time cancellation is subli.ect to
:::‘pendon of driver's license
tag. Reinstatement will re
2uire proof of insurance and a
25 reinstatement fee. A con-
Mo in;lrill oflm:‘in 60-day
coverage result in a
driver’s license suspension and
$25 reinstatement fee doox
with proof of new coverage.
second conviction for no in
and therefore 1 am extremely
pleased that he has agreed to
accept this appointment. I
know beyond any doubt that
Dr. Rogers is up to the
challenge which faces us, and
I welcome him to the Harris
team Mfi to achi
excellence in uiflw
In accepting the appoint
ment, Rogers said, ‘“We are at
a critical Eoint in public educa
tion. We have the ogportunity
to make a quantum leap in our
history with the passage and
enactment of the &ality Basic
Education program, and with
the leadership of the Governor
and the financial commitment
of the General Assembly, we
are well on the wafi to achiev
ing the goals whic eSBE sets
for our children's education.
The easiest mrt of the process,
howevix;fis hind us, and the
most challenging times are yet
to be reachedplnfm excited and
enthusiastic about this (zi)or
tunity, and lam grateful to
have won the Governor's con
fi%ence in selecting me for this
job."”
Rogers intends to seek elec
tion to a full four-year term of
office in this year's General
Election. The date for his
lsv:.'eax'ing-in will be announced
ater.
surance will get a 60-day
driver's license and tag suspen
sion. Proof of high risk in
surance coverage and $25 will
be required for reinstatement.
If motorists fail to keep their
insurance cards in the vehicle,
they may be fined if cited by an
officer even though there is re
quired coverage on the vehicle.
Department of Public Safe
ty Uninsured Motorist Law
Administrators estimate that
cancell?ltio}t:s wil(l)0 cg&tiinue to
run as high as 400, a ‘
but that gil.igent,ly followm
ministrative procedures along
with increased on the road en
forcement by troopers and
other police will cut the
numbers siflnificmtly.
Colonel Hardison said the
D_efiartment of Public Safety
will use every resource
available within its budget to
help reduce the problem of
uninsured motorists in
Georgia. It is still estimated
that as many as 20 percent of
motorists do not have the re
quired coverage. ‘‘That number
will significantly drop,” Har
dison said.
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Added To List
Four couxlxet{ teachers were
mistakenly left off a list of
teachers hired for 1986-87 sup
ghed' to The Summerville News
y the school board.
The teachers are Kathy
Floyd, Sonia Kennemer, Gwen
Bentley and Robert Fisher,